The sales pitch was dubious the moment someone mentioned it came from Verizon's door-to-door salesperson.
I didn't even know Verizon would show up in person to advertise their service and TBH, there's a possibility that they don't.... -Ben ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 at 5:51 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@portlandia-it.com> wrote: > Actually what is happening more and more (especially in other countries) is > "micro cells" > > Verizon for example has these micro cell stations. They don't really > advertise them but they sell them. You can buy one > And plug it into your cable or other land line and it pumps out cell signal > at the max 1/4 watt FCC unlicensed rate which is enough to reach around 3-4 > houses away in the city. > > You will get absolutely guaranteed cell coverage. As will your neighbors. > > A slightly higher power version of that is probably perched somewhere on one > of your neighborhood telephone poles. > > What the carriers have found is you get too many idiots going on and on about > being "radiated to death by that big cell tower" in the city so they are more > and more avoiding siting fewer big large high cell towers, instead siting > more smaller cell towers. They want you to get evenly baked, LOL. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org On Behalf Of Keith Lofstrom > > Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 10:37 PM > To: Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com > > Cc: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic > p...@lists.pdxlinux.org > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Verizon towers for internet ... 20 miles, really? > > > In the REAL world, Cell service works by dividing a region into patches. As > customers become denser, larger patches are carved into many smaller patches > with LESS power per transmitter per patch, because (inverse square!) the data > beams need not reach as far. > > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
